Desert Rose by Sting and Cheb Mami. One of the unfortunate consequences of the September 11, 2001 attacks was that it killed the interest growing in the West, particularly the US, in Arabic music, this being one great example of a melding of Western and Arabic music.

It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?

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The plural of "anecdote" is not "data."

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Be weird, cause normal is boring.

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From my rotting body, flowers will grow and I am in them and that is eternity.

Desert Rose by Sting and Cheb Mami. One of the unfortunate consequences of the September 11, 2001 attacks was that it killed the interest growing in the West, particularly the US, in Arabic music, this being one great example of a melding of Western and Arabic music.

Desert Rose by Sting and Cheb Mami. One of the unfortunate consequences of the September 11, 2001 attacks was that it killed the interest growing in the West, particularly the US, in Arabic music, this being one great example of a melding of Western and Arabic music.

This and Contrarians Arabian black metal upthread really show what makes music from or inspired by that region great.

Its those rhythms.

The Middle-Eastern melodies use very distinctive musical scales. There are regional differences, for example my friend who has studied ethnic music a bit recognized northern Middle East style in this (awesome) song:

It was invented in, well, Europe obviously given the name. Based off of Italo disco, dance-pop and such. It also gets called Hi-NRG and it got popularized in Japan because it would be used in raves and in videogames/anime like Initial D#Invalid YouTube Link#

The channel that uploaded this also has several other similar genres like techno and trance.